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Before Google and before Amazon, there was JR Hartley – a fictional fly fisher made famous by one of Britain's most memorable Yellow Pages advertisements. The story was wonderfully simple: an elderly angler arrives at a bookshop looking for a copy of his much-loved but apparently impossible-to-find book, “Fly Fishing”. The bookseller can't find it. The desperate search continues. And then comes the immortal solution: "JR Hartley." The Yellow Pages. The character became so beloved that he eventually acquired a life of his own, and this book continues the fictional angler's adventures through a collection of nostalgic fishing memories, gentle humour and stories of days spent beside rivers and streams. This is not a book about catching the biggest fish or mastering the latest technique. It is about the pleasures of fishing itself – the characters, rituals, memories, quiet observations and small absurdities that make an angling life so enjoyable. B&w illustrations throughout. Very good condition. Hardcover, 22.5cm x 15cm, 127 pages.